A warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And all around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off dotoday. Just ahead jim jordan knows he has his work cut out for him. Hes been trying to win over the moderates and part of his pitch im told is that he is in the best position to try to unite the conference. You never expect it out of a president. He is giving secrets to people and carrying secrets into his home. The Biden Administration announcing that it is waiving 26 federal laws in order to green light the construction of a border wall in south texas. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, october 6, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. Washington, d. C. Where the House Speakership took a surprise turn in the past few hours with former President Trump endorsing congressman jim jordan for the post. Jordan and fellow republican Steve Scalise are the only two lawmakers who have said that they will seek the Leadership Position when t
Has been closed. And the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in australia as it starts its journey around the world. In the sport, chris froome breaks his silence on his embattled boss, dave brailsford, saying that there would be no team sky without him. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Scotlands First Minister has announced that she plans to trigger another referendum on Scottish Independence. Nicola sturgoen said she would seek permission to hold a second referendum between autumn next year and the spring of 2019, when the terms of the uks exit from the eu are clearer. Two and a half years after the first Independence Referendum, ms sturgeon said the vote to leave the eu meant the situation was now very different, and it was important for scotland to choose its own future before it was too late. A short time ago Downing Street said another referendum would be divisive and cause huge Economic Uncertainty at the worst possible time. From edi
so less civilian victims will be in our country. what is your worry about what we are going to see? because we should be clear, bucha, it s not as if these atrocities happened yesterday. they have been happening over the last month or so. they have only just now been revealed. we are going to see other places are russian troops have just left. and the eyes are just getting in to see. what are you worried we ll see? so, today we also have to be aware that this war is not only about kyiv, mariupol, kharkiv. we worry about our ukrainians who right now east of ukraine, about our militaries who heroically defend our country, but also we have to be aware that last week in our city was a lot of politicians, european politicians, and it s quite important they are right now aware and also they have courage
friends, relatives in almost all our ukrainian cities. and today we re all aware and know why they kill journalists and photographers. you re referring to max leven. yeah. yesterday was funeral he is huge friend of our city. a lot of photographers from our city where yesterday on this funeral and so he dedicated huge part of his life in order to show what real war what real invasion from russia is/was because we have in our country war still more than eight years. so today we have to appeal to the whole world that we right now do not need only humanitarian help. we need military help because more weapons which will be provided to our country.
welcome back. ukraine s defense ministry warns that russian forces are attempting to capture kharkiv. ukraine s second largest city is located nearly at russia s borders. russian forces tried to take kharkiv in the early days of the war, but they were pushed back by a strong ukrainian defense. cnn s christiane amanpour traveled to the city to meet with residents who have been sheltering underground. also, to see firsthand the devastation left behind from russia s earlier assaults. and a warning again, some images in her report are graphic. reporter: here in kharkiv, former-ukrainian capital, second biggest city, and one of the most important cultural sites, the great 19th century poet is hunkering down for the rest of this war. workers cover him in sandbags against the kind of destruction that s pounded this city center since the start.